Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Act 2010 Explanatory Notes

1. Introduction

2. Summary and Background

3. Territorial Extent and Application

4. Commentary on Sections

   1. Section 1 – Meaning of “qualifying debt”

   2. Section 2 – Qualifying debts: further definitions

   3. Section 3 – Amount recoverable in respect of claim for qualifying debt

   4. Section 4 – Meaning of “the relevant proportion”

   5. Section 5 – Judgments for qualifying debts

   6. Section 6 – Exception: debtor failing to make offer to pay recoverable amount

   7. Section 7 – Exception for overriding EU or international obligations

   8. Section 8 Saving

   9. Section 9 – Duration of Act

5. Commencement

6. Hansard References